Senior Commercial Account Executive | Atlanta

Senior Commercial Account Executive

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. We've been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design. Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry.

We're seeking a Senior Commercial Account Executive to help develop and grow a defined territory. This is an active, hands-on sales role where you'll focus on prospecting, building pipeline, and closing opportunities, while also supporting the expansion of existing accounts. You'll work in a fast-moving space within enterprise technologydata security and AI-powered resiliencegaining exposure to complex customer needs and high-impact solutions.

How You'll Spend Your Time Here:

• Execute a territory plan focused on net-new logo acquisition and account growth across a defined set of commercial accounts
• Build, manage, and progress a qualified sales pipeline, including opportunities you source directly and those supported through channel partners
• Work within complex customer organizations by identifying key stakeholders, building relationships, and engaging with senior decision-makers as your experience grows
• Support and lead customer engagements through discovery, evaluation, proposal development, and solution alignment, with guidance from Sales Engineers and leadership
• Develop and deliver clear, value-based proposals that connect Cohesity's platform to customer security, resilience, and operational needs
• Collaborate closely with channel partners and technology alliances (including NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, and AWS) to support deal execution and expand market reach
• Maintain accurate opportunity tracking and forecasting, and contribute to consistent quarterly performance
• Share customer insights and competitive feedback with the wider sales and product teams to support continuous improvement

We'd love to talk to you if you have many of the following:

• Demonstrated experience selling into and partnering with Information Security / Cybersecurity teams, with a strong understanding of enterprise security frameworks, compliance standards, and the ability to align solutions to customer security and risk requirements.
• A customer-focused mindset and strong interest in cybersecurity and data protection, especially ransomware and recovery
• Proven experience selling enterprise technology solutions, ideally within infrastructure, SaaS, or adjacent markets
• Evidence of success contributing to net-new customer acquisition and growing existing accounts
• Foundational understanding of data security and backup technologies, with a willingness to deepen technical knowledge
• Familiarity with Cohesity solutions (DataProtect, DataHawk, SmartFiles) is a plus
• Exposure to platforms such as NetBackup, Backup Exec, or InfoScale is helpful but not required
• Comfort working with channel partners, with an interest in developing co-selling skills
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to customers and internal stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools to improve productivity, organization, and sales effectiveness
• Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Professional English language proficiency for customer and internal communication
• Willingness to travel as required

Pay Range: $228,000.00-$285,000.00

The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment.

Current pay transparency shows the OTE (On-Target Earnings) for commission-based roles.